Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a refined double-fibril network morphology

Zhu, Lei; Zhang, Ming; Xu, Jinqiu; Li, Chao; Yan, Jun; Zhou, Guanqing; Zhong, Wenkai; Hao, Tianyu; Song, Jiali; Xue, Xiaonan; Zhou, Zichun; Zeng, Rui; Zhu, Haiming; Chen, Chun-Chao; MacKenzie, Roderick C.  I.; Zou, Yecheng; Nelson, Jenny; Zhang, Yongming; Sun, Yanming; Liu, Feng

doi:10.1038/s41563-022-01244-y

Title: Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a refined double-fibril network morphology

Journal Article · 05 May 2022 · Nature Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01244-y· OSTI ID:1982132

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; Xu, Jinqiu; Li, Chao;

; Zhou, Guanqing; Zhong, Wenkai; Hao, Tianyu; Song, Jiali; Xue, Xiaonan; Zhou, Zichun; Zeng, Rui;

; Chen, Chun-Chao; MacKenzie, Roderick C. I.; Zou, Yecheng;

; Zhang, Yongming;

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1982132

Journal Information:: Nature Materials, Vol. 21, Issue 6; ISSN 1476-1122

Publisher:: Springer Nature

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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